YouTube has announced a new design for its application in smart TVs to improve users' interaction with all content within the platform, and to easily access additional information when watching videos.

YouTube said on its official blog that it will roll out the new interface for its application in TVs in the next few weeks. This new interface will allow users to reduce the size of the video player, freeing up screen side space to view additional information such as video descriptions, comments, products, and more. According to the platform, the goal of the new design is to provide "a richer and distraction-free experience on TV." With the new design, information can appear on the screen without obscuring the content that the user is viewing.

The platform added that it "simplified in-app interactions" for remote controls, to facilitate control of the application, and access to the various options in the interface easily. In the coming days, the app will also get an additional feature that enables users to shrink the video space to see updated information such as real-time team and player statistics, league results and others on the side of the screen without blocking the video itself.

YouTube is one of the most widely used apps for smart TVs. Recently, the platform decided to extend the duration of in-app ads on smart TVs for regular users who are not subscribed to YouTube Premium.

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